Ash-cart.



l Patented Apr. l5, |902. N. BAHNEY.

ASH CART.

Renewed Mar. 12, 1902,)

(Applicashun med .my 1o. 1901.

(N0 Nudel.)

Viran drames NATHAN BARNEY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

ASH-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 697,77 9, dated April 15, 1902. Application led July 10, 1901. Renewed March l2, 1902. Serial No. 97,803. (No model.)

To all 1071.0111/ t may concern.'

Beit known that I, NATHAN BARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Carts, of which the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact specilication.

This invention relates to ash-carts; and its object is to construct an ash-cart which will prevent the ashes from being scattered by the wind while being handled in loading and unloading the cart.

A further object is to provide means for converting carts of ordinary manufacture into cart-s embodying my invention.

The invention also comprehends further features of advantage, which will be referred to hereinafter and will be described more in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a side view of a cart embodying my invention, showing in dotted lines the position of the body when the cart is dumped; and Fig. 2 is a front sectional view taken on the line m m in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the wagon mounted upon the axle 2. Upon thev frame are carried the standards 3 3, in which are pivoted the hub-pivots 44, which are attached to the respective sides of the body 5. The hook 6 is adapted to hold the body in position to retain the load, and a pivoted tailboard 7 is adapted to be hooked in closed position by a hook 8. A cover 9, corresponding in contour with the shape of the body 5, is adapted to rest upon the top of the bodyand by means of suitable cleats or braces 10 10 10 is held in position upon said body. At the same time the entire cover may be lifted off from the body. The cover is also preferably provided With the inclined sides 11 11. In the sides of the cover are formed one or more v openings 12 12, these openings being preferboards 1G 16, these boards being preferably removably attached. A convenient arrangement is that shown in the drawings, wherein the boards are hooked to the sides of the body by hooks 17, and the outer ends of the boards are suspended by chains 18, attached to the body 5 by hooks 19.

In the operation of the cart the cover is ,placed in position resting upon the top of the body 5 and held in place by the cleats 10 10. The spring-hinges 15 15 hold the covers 14 closed. The operators first lift the barrels up onto the foot-board 1G, and then the operator standing upon the foot-board-16 will place the barrel or can against the cover 14. The Weight of the can forces the door open and the contents of the can are emptied into the body 5. As the can is Withdrawn the springhinges 15 close the covers, and thus prevent the ashes from being scattered by the Wind or otherwise.

In order to use the cart for other purposes, it is only necessary to unhook the foot-boards 16 and chains 18 from the cart and then lift the cover 9 off of the body.

It Will be understood, of course, that the numerous respects Without departing from the invention, and I therefore desire it to be understood that I do not herein limit myself to the precise construction shown.

Having thus described my invention, I de clare that what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cart, the combination with the body portion, of a cover adapted to loosely rest thereon and having cleats adapted to nor* mally main tain said cover in place, said cover having inclined sides, one or more openings in said inclined sides of said cover, a plurality of covers for said openings, and springs adapted to normally hold said last-named covers closed, substantially as described.

2. In a cart, the combination with the body portion thereof of a detachable cover resting upon said vbody portion and having one or more openings therein, normally closed covers for said openings, and a detachable foot-A board carried by said body portion below said openings, substantially as described.

3. In a cart, the combination of the body construction above shown may be varied inv Ico portion pivoted upon the frame of the cart, In testimony whereof I affix my signature a cover for said body portion, a tai1-board at in presence of two Witnesses.

the real' of said body portion, one or more openings in said cover, spring-pressed covers for said openings, and a detachable foot-board carried by said body portion below said openings, substantially as described.

NATHAN BARNEY.

VVitnesse/s:

C. V. EDWARDS, RALPH JONAS. 

